Heiress to the Glacieux family

Born with antisocial personality disorder

Adopted by her uncle Axel after her mother’s death

Deeply attached to her uncle Axel

Outwardly resembles an elegant young lady, but underneath, she’s more like a small, feral predator

The godfather of the Glacieux family

A gentleman whose smile never fades, no matter the situation

Believes his niece is the perfect successor

Personally selects every piece of clothing and weapon for Aude

A cold, calculating man driven by an overwhelming desire for control

Founder of the Glacieux family

A firm believer in the philosophy of the strong

Raised his son with a harsh and unforgiving hand

After his daughter’s death, projected his regret onto his granddaughter

No longer holds executive power, but remains a symbolic presence within the family

Chief caretaker of the family estate's gardens

In reality, serves as the family’s cleaner of obstructions

Illegitimate son of Alban, officially recognized as an adopted child

Teaches Aude both horticulture and how to handle questionable fertilizer

Maintains a neutral, silent stance on all matters

-Deceased; killed by Axel

-Mother of Aude and elder sister of Axel

-Rejected the fate imposed on her by the family

-Attempted to escape the mafia with her young daughter, but failed

-Was a mischievous child and once shared a close bond with Axel

Deceased; died of pneumonia

Legal wife of Alban

Was not permitted to take part in her son’s upbringing

Insisted on giving her daughter a proper education in music and literature

Always arranged the flowers and set the table herself

One of the founding elders

Served as a military clerk during World War I

Served as Alban’s aide and contributed to the drafting of the family’s internal regulations

Disapproves of Axel’s methods, yet offers silent support

A dish from his homeland is always prepared for him at the family table

The family's liaison officer

A socially adept elite with connections in every direction

Cousin of Axel and a former candidate for succession

Oversees the operation of the family’s charitable foundation

Never misses a weekly soap opera

Oversees the family’s agricultural affairs

Born into a fallen noble family; his father was killed during a local uprising

Kind and generous, always willing to give

Fond of flowers, fashion, and attending balls

Also handles debt collection and clean-up with calm efficiency

Represents the family’s legitimate business operations

A German-descended financier whose background became a liability after the war

Married Axel’s cousin and entered the family through marriage

Expanded the family’s overseas trade by leveraging internal resources

Deeply devoted to his wife

The family’s institutional architect

A law school graduate who once participated in postwar judicial reconstruction projects

Obsessed with preserving logical purity

Maintains politeness as a functional tool, not a reflection of sentiment

Privately reenacts entire scenes by playing all roles himself

The family’s lawyer

A former schoolmate and longtime friend of Bastien

Once held strong ideals, but later compromised in order to survive

Skilled at manipulating evidence and suppressing investigations

Has adopted three disabled stray cats and lives with them

The family’s unofficial negotiator

Born in Marseille to Algerian immigrant parents

Maintains reliable relations between the family and external ethnic groups

Conducts negotiations through resources and brute force, not diplomacy

Often spends his free time feeding stray cats

The family’s military advisor

A veteran of both World Wars

Former officer in the colonial army, exiled after the war during political purges

A staunch imperialist with no faith in democratic ideals

Hosts weekly dinners for his former subordinates, now retired soldiers

The family’s transnational negotiator

Descendant of Russian émigré nobility

Oversees smuggling routes and manages external negotiations

Guided solely by risk and return, not ideals

Her treaties bear a wax seal stamped with a double-headed eagle

The family’s accountant

A witch who weaves structural predictions of the future through logic

Architect of the postwar decade’s laundering and liquidation plan

Members of the Purificateur act according to her temporal model

Obsessed with sweets; desserts are a daily ritual

Playwright and critic

A hedonist immersed in salon culture

Manipulates public narratives to sanitize the family’s criminal image

Was once romantically involved with Séraphine

Séraphine recurs as a metaphor throughout his plays

The family’s forger

Of Italian descent, born into a lineage of stained-glass artisans

Believes art history is a fabrication of power

A fanatic who seeks to write future history through counterfeits

Sometimes moved to tears by forgeries from unknown artists

The family’s economic advisor

Twin brother of Olivier

Has ASD and exhibits a strongly system-oriented cognitive style

Former associate professor, forced to resign after refusing to take a political stance

His study resembles a miniature rail operations center

The family’s medical advisor

Twin brother of Oscar

Has ADHD and a highly associative thinking style

Despite graduating top of his class, he was expelled from the system due to insubordination

Regularly discusses cats with f Karim

The family’s cryptography expert

Slavic-born, from the Czech–Polish border

Suffers from paranoid personality disorder; harbors deep distrust of others

Fluent in sixteen languages and obsessed with creating constructed languages

Believes a perfect language exists—one that enables true human understanding

The family’s representative in black market dealings

Jewish; his entire family perished during the war

Possesses an unsettling gentleness and wit

Takes interest in the progression of human negotiation and collapse

Keeps nothing from the past—not even photos or letters

A black market pharmacist and collaborator of Les Techniciens

Born into poverty in Syria

Studied pharmacology for profit and built his fortune through drug smuggling

Rescued Hildegard and made her his personal bodyguard

Follows his own code of conduct, but never explains it

Zafir’s bodyguard and collaborator of Les Techniciens

Former Nazi officer

Convicted for secretly helping Jews escape

Lives under the alias 'Léa Nassaire,' a mixed-race Frenchwoman

Regards her contract with Zafir as a personal mission

Chief editor acting under Aude’s command

A well-educated woman forced into the margins of the adult industry after her family fell from grace

Was rescued by Aude during a persecution linked to an underground transaction

Responsible for manipulating public opinion in political and social coverage

Keeps a record of her past crimes in a personal scrapbook

The assassin under Axel’s direct orders

Suffers from severe alexithymia, showing no interest in others

Handpicked and trained by Axel from within an orphanage system

Carried out the assassination of Aline

Has a habit of quietly talking to animals

Madam of an underground brothel

Has never spoken of her origins

Operates a female-led social intelligence network

Protects her girls with an almost maternal obsession

Provides covert refuge for young women under the family’s protection

Chief intelligence officer of the family

Real name unknown; no one has seen them in person

Built an intelligence network where all agents remain fully anonymous and untraceable as individuals

The network infiltrates police, government, and even foreign states

Seeks neither power nor loyalty—only information

A Catholic priest who hears confessions within the family

A childhood friend from Alban’s early years

Tried multiple times to protect Aline, but failed to prevent the tragedy

Speaks neither of penance nor forgiveness—only listens and records

Personally mends every piece of his old cassocks by hand

An atheistic heretic nun within the Church

Blends psychological insight with philosophical analysis

Deconstructs sacred texts to expose cognitive traps

Keeps others alive within the logic she has constructed

Though ideologically opposed to Père Louis, the two share mutual respect

Prosecutor of the Republic

Father of Aude; has high-functioning antisocial personality disorder

A mimic who dons the guise of justice and skillfully adapts to society

Once fought for custody of his daughter, but ultimately relinquished it voluntarily

Has a habit of cooking elaborate French cuisine alone at night

Once one of Axel’s lovers

Aude’s only acknowledged friend

Possesses deep insight into others, but never seeks to change anyone

Left the Glacieux family voluntarily, leaving behind only a letter

Serializes novels in a local newspaper under a pseudonym

Administrator of the Abyss

The only one whose role requires no explanation

Takes no position within decision-making or authority structures

Does not judge—only contains that which defies definition